Straight outta Sochi: Culture minster claims rap is a Russian invention
Russian culture minister Vladimir Medinsky stated that rap originated with Soviet poet Vladimir Mayakovsky at a meeting held by a think tank.
“I question everything constantly”: Craig Green on how he pushes fashion forward
Katharine K. Zarrella speaks to menswear designer Craig Green about his design process, finding newness in fabric innovation, and inspiring emotion.
Tavares Strachan edits history by placing Tupac Shakur’s name on the Carnegie Museum of Art
Artist Tavares Strachan placed "invisible" names like Fell, Monk, Lamarr, Norgay, and more alongside Rembrandt, Chopin, Franklin, and Darwin on the museum's façade for the...
Scientists discover traces of plastic in humans
A research team from Vienna examined stool from participants in Europe, Japan, and Russia and found out that everyone who took part had ingested some form...
Michèle Lamy resurrects the zine in the name of outsider art
For a performance piece at the Outsider Art Fair Paris, Michèle Lamy created a live zine with Polaroids and a photocopier.
Museum visits to be prescribed by doctors in Canada
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) has partnered with Médecins francophones du Canada to offer patients and their caregivers free admission to the museum...
Should the passenger pigeon come back from the dead?
Ben Novak, the American scientist who has invested the past six years of his life on developing a process known as de-extinction, thinks so.
Document celebrates Suspiria with Grace Coddington and Luca Guadagnino
Document editor-in-chief Nick Vogelson, Alek Wek, Mica Arganaraz, Craig McDean, and Doug Lloyd joined Coddington and Guadagnino for an intimate dinner at The Standard.
Swipecast founders Peter Fitzpatrick and Matthias Wickenburg on how the app is disrupting the fashion industry
Swipecast allows models to book jobs, producers to coordinate shoots and castings, and more—in an efficient, cost-effective, and timely manner.
Announcing Document Journal F/W 2018: A culture at a breaking point
Document's editor-in-chief Nick Vogelson speaks on Document No. 13
India’s #MeToo movement finally takes hold
Officials respond to rampant accounts of workplace sexual harassment in India, one year after the #MeToo gained momentum in the United States.
For Freedoms launches billboard campaign set to be “largest creative collaboration in US history”
Artists Theaster Gates, Trevor Paglen, Tania Brugera, Hank Willis Thomas, Rashid Johnson, encourage communities to be civically minded through through the billboards.
Kerry James Marshall created comic strip with black characters to show “it can be done”
Undaunted by the lack of black comic characters he saw as a child, African-American artist Kerry James Marshall created a few for the 57th Carnegie...
Document Journal and Calvin Klein announce exhibition at Aperture Gallery with winner of inaugural The New Vanguard Photography Prize
The exhibition, which showcases the work of the 25 semifinalists will run at Aperture Gallery in New York City from October 18-23, 2018.
Your favorite Disney princess is illegal in Kuwait
Kuwait has banned over 4,000 books in the last five years, including Disney's The Little Mermaid, One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Why We Write.
United Kingdom appoints suicide minister as global experts announce international mental health crisis
If left unaddressed, mental illness is set to cost the global economy $16 trillion by 2030.
The art of being a muse
The muses of Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Keith Haring, Will Cotton, Mickalene Thomas, and Damian Loeb discuss their experiences sitting for some of history's most...
Instagram turns towards AI technology to spot bullying in images
New Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced machine learning technology that proactively detects bullying in photos and captions on Instagram.
Jakarta set to surpass Tokyo as world’s biggest city
A Euromonitor International report projects that the population of the Indonesian capital will rise to 35.6 million by 2030.
“I was not focused on commercial galleries”: Suellen Rocca on her practice, Hairy Who, and the Chicago art scene
Artist Suellen Rocca, who has work currently being shown in three exhibitions this fall at Matthew Marks, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Elmhurst...
Napping during the day helps us make better decisions
The Journal of Sleep Research published a report that found that short bouts of sleep during the day benefits brain function.
Enrico David explores the human condition through shape and form
A 20-year survey of Enrico David's work is on view at the MCA Chicago through spring 2019.
Native American art finally makes an appearance in The Met’s American Wing
The exhibition Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection will mark the first time Native American art will be displayed in the...
Humanoid robots transform visual artworks into sound waves at the Smithsonian
Made by Japanese firm SoftBank, "Peppers" will allow the visually impaired to experience art through sound at the Washington, DC museum.
Sexual assault accusations rise dramatically in New York a year after #MeToo
The NYPD sexual assault caseload has increased by 28 percent, forcing Special Victims Unit to recruit over 30 new people to help investigate rising reports.
The world’s view of America has plummeted since Trump came to power
A new study by Pew Research found that 70 percent of those surveyed in the international community lack confidence in Trump's abilities.
The Paris Fashion Week report: Rock and roll lives on, boxy suits, and patchwork prints
Document scopes out the trends of Paris Fashion Week, from Gucci's Paris debut, to Hedi Slimane's first Celine collection, to Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, Chanel,...
I lost a pearl earring at Paris Fashion Week
Michael the III recounts Paris Fashion Week—and his search for a missing pearl earring.
Googling Ruby Rose may land your computer a virus
Actress Ruby Rose topped a list in the US of celebrities who generate the most search results linking to malicious websites released by cybersecurity firm...
Odysseus as a woman: Setting sail in search of Hermès’s Spring/Summer 2019 muse
Hermès artistic director Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski tapped artist Laurence Owen to create the nautical buttons throughout the collection.
“New Yorkers are strange and beautiful, just like toes”: Amit Greenberg marks the first US Birkenstock store
Birkenstock celebrates the opening of its first American retail outlet in New York through a collaboration with New York-based artist Amit Greenberg.
Hedi Slimane’s Celine is fresh, young, and full of rock and roll glamour
The fashion designer also introduced the French fashion house Celine to menswear in his debut collection.
8 global track and field stars walked on Virgil Abloh’s Off-White SS19 runway
Vashti Cunningham, Rénelle Lamote, Cecilia Yeung, English Gardner, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Nafissatou Thiam, Caterine Ibargüen, and Dina Asher-Smith walked down the Nike x Off-White runway.
The secret to making friends online: Join as many communities as possible
A Rice University study found that the more sub-communities of which you’re a part, the more likely they are to become an opportunity to forge...
NYC Council Member Rafael Espinal continues to improve the city’s nightlife and the impact it leaves behind
With his new Agent of Change legislation, the Councilman from Brooklyn is looking to create harmony between New York's nightlife and the residents that have...
New report details the horrors of being a mother behind bars
According to a study by the ACLU and Human Rights Watch, female prisoners face losing custody of their children, or hefty fees to take classes...
Marina Abramović attacked by artist in Florence “for his art”
A 51-year-old male Czech national smashed a portrait of performance artist Marina Abramović over her own head.
Inside Le Palace, Paris’s answer to Studio 54 and the site of the Gucci SS19 show
During the '70s, Le Palace—Gucci’s SS19 show space—was “an apparatus of sensations” that attracted Grace Jones, Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld, Mick Jagger, and more.
3D-gun advocate Cody Wilson released on $150,000 bond for sexual assault of a minor
Cody Wilson had fled the country to Taiwan before he was extradited back to the United States to face sexual assault charges.
The Milan Fashion Week report: polka dots, stripes and 50 shades of brown
Document looks at the trends from Milan's designers, from Luke and Lucie Meier’s easygoing minimalism at Jil Sander to Domenico Dolce’s and Stefano Gabbana’s Italian...
It’s been a high time for marijuana stocks
The reason for the sudden so-called green rush is thanks to Canada becoming the only wealthy nation in the world to fully legalize marijuana.
Wolfgang Tillmans questions himself in David Zwirner exhibition
“How likely is it that only I am right in this matter?” asks photographer Wolfgang Tillmans through abstract ink prints, raw portraiture, and his artful...
Prada invites a trio of female architects to reimagine black nylon—its signature fabric
For Spring/Summer 2019, architects Cini Boeri, Elizabeth Diller and Kazuyo Sejima created new accessories in black nylon for Prada.
Jil Sander’s latest collection springs forth
As Jil Sander creative directors Lucie and Luke Meier draw from organic sources, artist JJ Guest looks return three looks from their Spring/Summer 2019 collection...
Mario Sorrenti recalls his early ’90s snapshots of Kate Moss
On the occasion of his new book ‘Kate,’ photographer Mario Sorrenti discusses starting out his career, slowing down in the age of digital photography, and...
Congress to vote on the Music Modernization Act
If the bill passes, it will attempt to correct the discrepancies in compensation that came about as digital music platforms emerged.
Steve McQueen to photograph an entire grade of school children across London
The artist and Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen has invited every London primary school to register for a date and time to have its students sit...
The London Fashion Week report: Victorian codes, a visit to an English garden, and ruffles abound
Document looks at the trends of London Fashion Week, from lace-trimmed garments at Burberry, to florals at Pringle of Scotland and Erdem.
Riccardo Tisci’s Burberry debut signals a new era for the storied British fashion house
Burberry chief creative officer Riccardo Tisci marked his debut collection with a narrative imbued with London's punk roots and posh sensibilities.
